{"id":2146,"date":"2021-09-24T00:40:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T00:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=2146"},"modified":"2024-06-16T12:58:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T12:58:42","slug":"long-time-ago","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/long-time-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Time Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1836 comic song<br>Words and music by William Clifton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Long-Time-Ago-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Long-Time-Ago - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c62e7708-c3aa-4ee9-961e-93bf03cf2549\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Long-Time-Ago-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\">Long-Time-Ago &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Long-Time-Ago-SHEET-MUSIC.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c62e7708-c3aa-4ee9-961e-93bf03cf2549\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fdeeffe3-39b9-41b6-b437-7280f1b7f71c\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Long-Time-Ago-MIDI.mid\">Long-Time-Ago &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Long-Time-Ago-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fdeeffe3-39b9-41b6-b437-7280f1b7f71c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>O, I was born down ole Varginee<br>Long time ago<br>O, I was born down ole Varginee<br>Long time ago<br>O, Massa die an make me free<br>Long time ago<br>O, Massa die an lef me free<br>Long time ago<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>O, I ax Massa ware he gwoin<br>He hab a Gun an Dog to show im<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.<br>He say he gwoin to kill a Niggar<br>He aim he Gun, he pull de trigger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He shoot de Niggar trough de libber<br>Vich make de Niggar kick an quiver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I ax im why he do dat darfore<br>He never say no why nor warfore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I look I see, he only stun im<br>De Niggar he cut dirt an run im<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>O, I den runs down Shinbone alley<br>I saw dat Niggar in de valley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I ax im if he dat dar Niggar<br>Dat Massa shoot wid Gun an trigger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He cum at me like Allegater<br>I stop hi mouf wid hot potater<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He say he offen kiss my Sally<br>I tell im dat be one dam lyee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>O, den I ketch im by de coller<br>I guess I make de Niggar holler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I take de gun, I pull de trigger<br>An dat de en ob dat dar Niggar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dis appen long fore Massa die<br>I hope dat Massa in de skye<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A 1836 comic songWords and music by William Clifton The sheet music: Accompaniment: \u00a0Lyrics 3.He say he gwoin to kill a NiggarHe aim he Gun, he pull de trigger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2146","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-yC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4833,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2146\/revisions\/4833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}